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50c denom (#12708) (Tanganyika usage only)

  • Colnect-6210-322-Giraffe-Giraffa-camelopardalis.jpg
  • Colnect-6479-231-Issues-of-Tanganyika.jpg
  • Colnect-4243-999-Lion-Panthera-leo.jpg
  • Colnect-1906-343-Lion-Panthera-leo---overprinted--OFFICIAL-.jpg
  • Colnect-1906-346-Hoisting-Flag.jpg
Desc: 50c

Currency: East African shilling (2000c=20sh=20s=1lb)

Numerical sorting value: 3000


Users of this denom: Aden (5 stamps, 1951-1964), Kathiri State of Seiyun (2 stamps, 1951-1954), Quaiti State in Hadhramaut (3 stamps, 1951-1963), British forces in Eritrea (2 stamps, 1948-1950), British forces in Somalia (2 stamps, 1948-1950), Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania (28 stamps, 1922-1976), Somaliland Protectorate (3 stamps, 1951-1954), Tanganyika (7 stamps, 1922-1962), Zanzibar (17 stamps, 1931-1967) Show with all usages

Used by 7 stamps of Tanganyika: (See all uses as list)

1922 50c grayblk issue=1922 d=giraffe (1922)
1927 50c gray&blk issue=1927 d=King George V (1912 common)
official 7/1/1959 50c redpur dt=Elizabeth II pictorials (1954) d=giraffe & Queen Elizabeth II ovpt=OFFICIAL oc=blk on=issuer=Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania-issue=1954-50c
official 10/1/1960 50c issue=1960 official serifs d=zebras & Queen Elizabeth II ovpt=OFFICIAL(serifs) oc=blk on=issuer=Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania-issue=1960-50c
12/9/1961 50c blk&yel issue=independence d=lions (1961)
official 12/9/1961 50c blk&yel d=lions (1961) ovpt=OFFICIAL oc=blk on=issue=independence-50c
12/9/1962 50c issue=independence 1st d=raising flag